# debelar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.beˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.beˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.bɨˈlaɾ/ [dɨ.βɨˈlaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.bɨˈlaɾ/ [dɨ.βɨˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.bɨˈla.ɾi/ [dɨ.βɨˈla.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: de‧be‧lar

### Verb

debelar (first-person singular present debelo, first-person singular preterite debelei, past participle debelado)
* (transitive, military) to win, to conquer
    Synonyms: vencer, derrotar
    Antonym: perder
* (transitive, medicine) to neutralize/neutralise, to stop the effects of (e.g. a disease)
    Synonyms: neutralizar, refrear, reprimir
* (transitive, by extension) to stop or prevent
    Synonyms: prevenir, impedir, parar, aplacar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* debelação, debelatório

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /debeˈlaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞eˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧be‧lar

### Verb

debelar (first-person singular present debelo, first-person singular preterite debelé, past participle debelado)
* (transitive) to conquer
    Synonym: conquistar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | debelar | debelar | debelar | debelar | debelar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | debelando | debelando | debelando | debelando | debelando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | debelado | debelado | debelada | debelada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | debelados | debelados | debeladas | debeladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | debelo | debelas$^{tú}$ debelás$^{vos}$ | debela | debelamos | debeláis | debelan |
| indicative | imperfect | debelaba | debelabas | debelaba | debelábamos | debelabais | debelaban |
| indicative | preterite | debelé | debelaste | debeló | debelamos | debelasteis | debelaron |
| indicative | future | debelaré | debelarás | debelará | debelaremos | debelaréis | debelarán |
| indicative | conditional | debelaría | debelarías | debelaría | debelaríamos | debelaríais | debelarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | debele | debeles$^{tú}$ debelés$^{vos2}$ | debele | debelemos | debeléis | debelen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | debelara | debelaras | debelara | debeláramos | debelarais | debelaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | debelase | debelases | debelase | debelásemos | debelaseis | debelasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | debelare | debelares | debelare | debeláremos | debelareis | debelaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | debela$^{tú}$ debelá$^{vos}$ | debele | debelemos | debelad | debelen |
| imperative | negative | | no debeles | no debele | no debelemos | no debeléis | no debelen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “debelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014